The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-14
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Fo URiTH i AN D poLlcEMHlS II
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Dispeeso Mob OF Socialists In Trafalgar
sqaaro-rwo Hundred Citizens and
Forty Policemen Ipjured ~ Tho A
IA Grown Princes Condition. l: gI.3

LONDON, Nov. 13.-The proclamation q
Sir Charles Warren, the head Of the Lon. Lon;
don police, forblddina the holding oi 4
meeting In Trafalgar rquare, to.day3w was
printed throughout London last night.
Ats o'clock this morning Trafalgar square
presented an animated appearances, o wins,
10 tho continual arrival OF bodies Of police,
small drafta having been made from every
district in the metropolis. Three hundred
grenadiers were stationed In the barracks
In tho rear Of the national gallery, Tho
poiico to the number of 1900 formed a
hollow square four dssp on the southern
Blde lor the purpose Of protecting Trafalgar
square, Two thousand i've hundred more
were held in reserve There were doubleii
patrols In all tho debouching slreets. h In
the meantime vehicle traffic L, was I
small and the Sunday ioet q travel
continued as usual, except that no loiter.S
ing was permitted. Until / O'Clock there
were no signs OF q procession. at that hour /
groups, mainly OF Hlghtseers or roughs, be. =
gan to assemble in the vicinity OF the
the equare, but aquad Of mounted police 4
kept traffic moving and dispersed each !
group as 1t formed. During this time Y
there were many exciting incidents, IA q J
the etowd thickened the police wore COM
PEELED to use their batons. u By, 8 O'Clock !
there was an immense concourse ot5peo.
pie packed on the steps Of St. Martina
church aud Norley's hotel and on the roofas
Of houses In the adjacent streets. E The s
malofity seemed to be respectable persona /
attracted by curiosity. The remainder |;
were loafers Of the worss clasaes. Several J;
arrests were made about this time. lS,ssRSS
hi. A RIOT; TAXES PLACE. t7!s 45i "
The scene in Trafalgar Square !
to-day has not been equalled since, I
1866, when people asserting tho
rig ght OF public meeting destroyed tho rail-
ways around Hyde Park. y -Four thousand ]
policemen took possession Of the sp.s
prosches to Trafalgar Square at an early
hour. They had been on the ground but
q short time when various Socialists, lRa.
dicals, and Irish approached tho Square /
from every direction. The parsders were }
headed by bands Of music and they
carried banners and mottoes. The b
police attacked and dispersed. each group 4.
as 1t arrived near the square. y Fierce
fights took place on the Strand, Northun,.sS Z
berland avenue, Whitehall, Pail Mall and
other adj AGENT streets. One Of the aocie-i
ties succeeded in entering the square, but
was repulsed after bloody fight in which,
Commoner Graham was seriously iniureds
Graham was subsequently arrested for ats
tacklng the, police. At a 80 r. M. theR
crowd in the vicinity of the equare nuuls
bered 100, 900 and the police were power
less to thoroughly dispsrse them. Cavalry
and infantry were summoned to the as.3
slstance Of the police, but no charge was
made, as the people Of their own Accord
began to dispense at dusk. 4! "a Z! Sls
About 200 citizens and 40 policemen;
were injured. Fifty persons were arrast.s
ed, among them being Socialist Burna.S
Some Of the injured were we'll enough to
leave the hospital after the treatment.s
One patient was dreadfully burned EwithS
vitrol squirted with syringe. i AnotherEl
declares be was bsyonetted. ! Two polics-ss
men were stabbed with kniyes, y j. was
noticeable that the crowd, while ihootipRs
the police cheered the cavalry and infsnt-ss
ry which was ready for action in case tbs
crowd broke the police line. II the crowd
had succeeded in breaking the line, It a.
believed the riot act would have been read
and the infantry ordered to fire, ~ stiss q s5 NE